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Sex segregation - Definition and Overview |
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Sex segregation is the separation, or segregation, of people according to sex or gender. Public bathrooms, public showers, dormitories, and other areas are often sex segregated. Entrances and worship areas of some Islamic mosques are sex segregated. Sex education in public schools is often sex segregated. Private schools are sometimes entirely sex segregated or contain an entirely sex segregated student body.
On the Cairo metro, the first car of each train is reserved for women.
See: sexism.
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Example Usage of segregation |
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abailin: Worse than 1930s/40s (depression, holocaust, segregation) RT @melissarein: @JRFox10 Have u seen cover of Newsweek? "The Worst Decade Ever" |
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glennhair3: This webinar is on Cost segregation. Doesn't that sound interesting & exciting. Well, it's not! |
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DouglasMorrey: I am distressed, but not really surprised, by the de facto racial segregation on most American football teams. |
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